diff --git a/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree.go b/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree.go
index 6e40658f..a90cb4e0 100644
--- a/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree.go
+++ b/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree.go
@@ -732,6 +732,9 @@ func (ot *objectTree) ChangesAfterCommonSnapshot(theirPath, theirHeads []string)
 }
 
 func (ot *objectTree) ChangesAfterCommonSnapshotLoader(theirPath, theirHeads []string) (LoadIterator, error) {
+	if ot.isDeleted {
+		return nil, ErrDeleted
+	}
 	var (
 		needFullDocument = len(theirPath) == 0
 		ourPath          = ot.SnapshotPath()
diff --git a/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree_test.go b/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree_test.go
index 3336d4a2..e9dea299 100644
--- a/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree_test.go
+++ b/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree_test.go
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ func TestObjectTree(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		_, err = aTree.ChangesAfterCommonSnapshot(nil, nil)
 		require.Equal(t, ErrDeleted, err)
+		_, err = aTree.ChangesAfterCommonSnapshotLoader(nil, nil)
+		require.Equal(t, ErrDeleted, err)
 		err = aTree.IterateFrom("", nil, func(change *Change) bool {
 			return true
 		})